In Uptown, when money, power, and real estate are at stake, family bonds and loyalties are strained to the breaking point.
Simon & Schuster
March 2010
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Featuring: Dwight Dixon; Avery Lyons
331 pages ISBN: 1439137765 EAN: 9781439137765 Trade Size Add to Wish List
Uptown . . . where money rules Uptown . . . where ambition trumps tradition Uptown . . . where politics come before everything Uptown . . . where a familyβs secrets will bring them togetherβor down
After twenty years away, Avery Lyons returns to New York when her mother and uncle suffer a serious car accident. The tragedy brings the family together, but Avery is not happy about the impromptu reunion. She no longer recognizes the Harlem of her childhood, but the same old family dynamics and secrets are all too familiar . . . Heir to a real estate empire, Dwight is willing to do anything to realize his aging and demanding fatherβs dream: Dixon Plaza, a luxury high-rise development on Central Park North that will change the face of Harlem forever. Thereβs only one thing in his way: his cousin Avery has inherited a share of the property. Sheβs more than willing to sell until a reporter uncovers the truth behind the rumored shady dealings . . . In Uptown a prominent Harlem family is strained to the breaking point by the high-stakes world of the Manhattan real estate industry, and one woman searches for her identity and the will to forgive. Steamy, provocative, and sexy, Uptown is a turbulent and triumphant read.
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